Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Horace in Japanese

ホーレス

Horace, when pronounced "hO-res", is ホーレス (hōresu) in katakana.

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Shared by Horace Hogan and others

This katakana spelling is shared by professional wrestler Horace Hogan (ホーレス・ホーガン), gunsmith, inventor, and businessman, Smith & Wesson founder Horace Smith (ホーレス・スミス), and dentist and anaesthesia pioneer Horace Wells (ホーレス・ウェルズ).

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Full sample PDF of the Amy design: three variations, the line art, Amy, its pronunciation, romaji and Japanese

Name and Phrase

"Horace Family is My Life," "Horace Family Bonds are Forever." Each is composed in Japanese calligraphy by Master Takase.

These are high-resolution PDFs with the calligraphy, the line-art, the English, the Japanese, the Japanese reading. For a real example see Name and Phrase.

Horace Family Is My Life
Horace Family Is My Life hO-res ホーレス Horace in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Horace Family Is My Life
Horace Family Is My Life hO-res ほうれす Horace in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Horace Family Bonds Are Forever
Horace Family Bonds Are Forever hO-res ホーレス Horace in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Horace Family Bonds Are Forever
Horace Family Bonds Are Forever hO-res ほうれす Horace in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Horace Japanese Tattoo Designs

Horace in vertical katakana as a tattoo on a man's arm

Get your tattoo of Horace in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Horace in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Horace, when pronounced hO-res, is ホーレス (hōresu) in katakana and ほうれす (houresu) in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

h as in hatO as in go, law, held longr as in rede as in beds as in see
Horace in Katakana (Vertical)
Horace katakana, vertical
Horace in Katakana (Horizontal)
Horace katakana, horizontal
Horace in Hiragana (Vertical)
Horace hiragana, vertical
Horace in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Horace hiragana, horizontal
A customer's tattoo: Mayumi is my life, in Japanese calligraphy by Master Eri Takase

Each design is an original work by Master Takase, delivered as a high-resolution PDF with the calligraphy and line art: everything you need for a perfect tattoo or print. Every translation includes links to independent sources so with one click you can verify it for yourself.

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